We're delighted to be hosting a selection of delegates as part of FuSIon Fest to give us a flavour of Innovation within the EU, including Nian Wetsteijn from SpareSpace. You can catch them as part of the Social Innovation in Europe session, which will also...

October 19th, Derry-Londonderry, 12:15-13:30, Green Room
October 20th, Belfast, 12:15-13:30, room TBC
The conditions in which we are born, live, work and age affect our health. They can promote and protect health or they can be health damaging. In Northern Ireland, as in many countries, the poorer...

October 19th, Derry-Londonderry, 12:15-13:30,
October 20th, Belfast, 12:15-13:30, room TBC
Who are the people, projects, communities and industries that use technology to create social change?
One of the key challenges of our time is to find new ways to harness the innovation, technology, networks and problem-solving skills of...

October 19th, Derry-Londonderry, 10:10-11:15, Green Room
October 20th, Belfast, 10:10-11:15, venue TBC
The Northern Ireland Public Sector Innovation lab (@iLab_NI) brings innovation, design, experimentation and creativity to public sector challenges. At the heart of this is user-centred design, which is about involving citizens in the co-design of...

Ahead of FuSIon Fest, we sat down with some our keynotes to get their stories and thoughts on social innovation.
Next up is Alan Mahon of Brewgooder, the craft beer brand on a mission to bring 1,000,000 people clean drinking water. They became the first social...

We sat down with some of the people who are working with innovative companies across Northern Ireland and further afield. The latest in this series is John Peto, Director of Education at the Nerve Centre. John
Tell us a little about yourself and your work in...

Playhouse, Derry-Londonderry October 19th- 15:00-16:30
Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, October 20th- 15:00:16:30
Transforming social and environmental challenges into new business opportunities: untap the social innovation potential of European innovators and entrepreneurs
The session will present a new flagship programme funded by the European Commission, DG GROW, the Social...

Social movements are a wide variety of collective attempts to bring about a change in certain social institutions or to create an entirely new order, they affect society in many ways; Individual empowerment; Institutional change; cultural and political change. This session will explore how people...

FuSIon Fest, the celebration of Social Innovation, has announced that Eden Project founder, Sir Tim Smit, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s festival. A collection of celebrated innovators from across the UK, Ireland and the EU will gather in Derry-Londonderry and Belfast on...

October 19th, Derry-Londonderry, 15:00-16:30, Dance Studio
October 20th, Belfast, 15:00-16:30, venue TBC
The term 'community shares' refers to withdrawable share capital; a form of share capital unique to co-operative and community benefit society legislation. This type of share capital can only be issued by co-operative societies, community...

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Tech for Good - What does it mean to use Tech for Good? What is good technology?

Derry, 19th October, 10:10-11:15 Main Theatre

Belfast, 20th October, 10:10-11:15, The Cube

Tech is doing good in many ways, in this session we will explore if technology holds the key for unlocking social innovation, we’ll hear from some of the most successful local examples of ways in which they have used technology to find solutions to social problems. Come along and find out who are the people, projects, communities and industries that use technology to create social change? including examples from Building Change Trust’s Techies in Residence Programme, which combines the best tech talent in Northern Ireland with social challenges across a range of disciplines.

October 19th

10:10 - 11:15

Green Room, Derry - Londonderry

October 20th

10:10 - 11:15

Venue TBC, Belfast

The Northern Ireland Public Sector Innovation lab (@iLab_NI) brings innovation, design, experimentation and creativity to public sector challenges. At the heart of this is user-centred design, which is about involving citizens in the co-design of policy and services. This session is an opportunity to engage with the lab on one of its current projects. We have been working with DAERA to help develop an air quality strategy for Northern Ireland and this requires meaningful engagement with the public as well as the voluntary, community and private sectors.

We’ll be talking about sustainable transportation, cultural and economic shifts, human health and community well-being.

Together, let’s use this session to help shape policy direction based on how air quality affects our daily lives.

Youth Unemployment Knowledge Exchange - How might we improve young people's chances of getting a job?

October 19th, Derry-Londonderry, 10:10-11:15, Dance Studio

October 20th, Belfast, 10:10-11:15, venue TBC

Youth Unemployment is one of the largest social challenges we face in Northern Ireland, and this session, led by Work West, and following on from the work that they’ve been doing through the Social Innovation NI Knowledge Exchange programme – will provide an opportunity for people to hear the key insights that have been unearthed during this programme. The programme uses Design Thinking methodologies so we will introduce the key rules of Design thinking and invite those attending to join in generating new ideas to address unemployment amongst 16-18 year olds.